Virgin (disambiguation)

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A virgin is someone who has not yet engaged in sexual intercourse. The world is also frequently used colloquially to refer to someone to has never engaged in any given arbitrary activity (for example, "I'm no longer a Wikipedia virgin — I just made my first edit!").

Virgin may also refer to:

• Young emerged queen bees that have not yet mated
• The Virgin, an epithet for Mary, the mother of Jesus; sometimes the epithet "virgin" is applied, particularly in languages other than English, to other women in Christianity who were considered particularly pure
• The Virgin, an alternate English name for the constellation Virgo
• Virgin, the brand name for most of the companies in the Virgin Group, the corporate banner encompassing Sir Richard Branson's various business ventures, including Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Blue and Virgin Megastores; it also remains the brand name of several former Branson businesses that have been sold off, such as Virgin Records and Virgin.net

In music:

• Virgin (band), a Polish rock band
• Like a Virgin, a pop album by music artist, Madonna

In film:

• The 40-Year-Old Virgin, a comedy directed by Judd Apatow, starring Steve Carell
• Virgin (film), a 2003 film
• Virginity (film), a 1996 film starring Amanda Peet
• Virgin, a term The Rocky Horror Picture Show fans assign to an individual who has not yet seen the film (an allusion to the film's sexual aspects); and more specifically in this context, a virgin is someone who has not experienced this film in a theater and the unique audience participation practiced by its dedicated fans

In other fields:

• A grade of olive oil
• A drink that is made according to the recipe of an alcoholic beverage, but omitting the alcohol

[edit] See also

• Virginia
• Virgin Islands